Grandma is my biggest inspiration for cooking, loved to be in her kitchen as a kid. I dreamt of becoming a baker when growing up and went to Culinary School in Sweden thirty five years ago. Never liked the restaurant kitchen stress though. Twenty years ago I became a photographer. Always loved photography but was discouraged by a job coach in my late teens. “There are no jobs for photographers!” she said. I took her word for it. A few years later I decided to go for it anyway. Enrolled in photography school in Sweden. One of the teachers told me about a school in New York. I applied and got in,1993 I did a one-year program at ICP, International Center of Photography. Love kept me in the Big Apple. I did my dog years. Now I make a living doing mostly wedding portraits. My family tree is now in 3 different parts of the world. Sweden, Spain and New York. Home for me is in Manhattan, where I live in the West Village. :-) Michael